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crossfire
/ˈkrɒsfaɪər/ nounDefinition
› [U] bullets fired towards you from different directions: Civilians died when a bus was caught in crossfire between government and rebel troops.
be caught in the crossfire › to be involved in a situation where people around you are arguing: Several people were caught in the political crossfire.
(Definition of crossfire noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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